Honestly, a 550ti should be plenty for those games at that resolution. Guild wars is terribly optimized and i know people with very expensive computers that complain about low FPS, and borderlands 2 isnt particularly demanding either.

You say you are experiencing issues, first thing you should do is update video drivers and monitor your temperatures while playing those games. I use HWmonitor, you can find it pretty easy with a yahoo search.

I use an nvidia 550gtx ti, i5 intel with 8gb mem, wow runs at max resolution, with most settings at max. I never drop below 58fps, and it runs Skyrim prettty well, so i would check your drivers like the guys said above, your card should be fine for that unless its buggging out or running hot.

I hardly think the somewhat small upgrade going from a GTX 550Ti to that is worth $135.

I actually suggested him to see if his stuff is overheating before i recommended that card, but for 135.00 with free shipping thats a really good deal for a 650ti and is quite a large upgrade from a 550ti (twice as fast in some games.

I actually suggested him to see if his stuff is overheating before i recommended that card, but for 135.00 with free shipping thats a really good deal for a 650ti and is quite a large upgrade from a 550ti (twice as fast in some games.

With that kind of logic he might as well grab a gtx 680. (you could infinitely say "well hey this card is only x dollars more and is only x dollars faster" all the way up to a gtx 680). Bottom line is we dont know what PSU he has, and he also only plays at 1680x1050 which the 650ti will destroy any game at that res, i suggested it because it is 135.00 with free shipping, a reasonable amount of money to spend on a video card.

Also, where did you get the 5fps increase, did you click on the anand benchmark, the vast majorty of those games the 650ti has nearly a 50% FPS increase.

With that kind of logic he might as well grab a gtx 680. (you could infinitely say "well hey this card is only x dollars more and is only x dollars faster" all the way up to a gtx 680). Bottom line is we dont know what PSU he has, and he also only plays at 1680x1050 which the 650ti will destroy any game at that res, i suggested it because it is 135.00 with free shipping, a reasonable amount of money to spend on a video card.

Also, where did you get the 5fps increase, did you click on the anand benchmark, the vast majorty of those games the 650ti has nearly a 50% FPS increase.

Some of the Skyrim, Civ and Crysis scores show as small as a ~5fps increase, yes there are a lot bigger increase in other cases but the Radeon 7850 is still a better choice from a price/performance standpoint.
It is hardly the same logic as telling him to get a $450 card.
Compare the 650Ti and 7850 and keep in mind that all the tests were done before AMD released their "Never Settle" driver which improved the performance in a bunch of games with 20-40%. Specifically games like BF3 and Starcraft were the difference in that test are the smallest.

Honestly, a 550ti should be plenty for those games at that resolution. Guild wars is terribly optimized and i know people with very expensive computers that complain about low FPS, and borderlands 2 isnt particularly demanding either.

You say you are experiencing issues, first thing you should do is update video drivers and monitor your temperatures while playing those games. I use HWmonitor, you can find it pretty easy with a yahoo search.

But yeah, regardless of your PSU, if it's capable of pushing a 550 Ti you should be fine with a 7850, and it's a rather beefy and moderately priced upgrade. You could go further than that, but it's possible you'll start running into issues with your CPU holding you back in some games.